{"id":749,"date":"2018-09-24T15:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/dst\/?p=749"},"modified":"2021-04-14T12:13:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:13:29","slug":"removal-of-consumer-skype-versions-from-connect-managed-desktop-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/dst\/2018\/09\/24\/removal-of-consumer-skype-versions-from-connect-managed-desktop-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Removal of consumer Skype versions from CONNECT Managed Desktop Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is happening and why?<\/h2>\n

Consumer versions of Skype 7 and 8 will be silently removed from all workstations commencing 26th September 2018.\u00a0Recently we’ve identified and confirmed that a malicious advert within Skype has infected a workstation with an extremely intrusive piece of malware. As a result the decision has been taken to urgently remove this from all workstations.<\/p>\n

We’ve been looking for a way to continue managing Skype in an enterprise environment for some time with no satisfactory solution. Skype 7 has been end of life for a while now, though Microsoft have previously continued to develop it with ad-hoc version updates despite saying it was longer being maintained. Skype 8 also presents us with issues around managing updates, with no controls to restrict it from attempting to auto-update and then often leaving the application in a state where it is unable to run when the update failed.<\/p>\n

What version is available?<\/h2>\n

Skype for Business is available on all CONNECT workstations via the Oxford Application Installer menu (http:\/\/help.it.ox.ac.uk\/connect\/apps-installer<\/a>). This can be used with your Nexus 365 account, further details are available at\u00a0http:\/\/help.it.ox.ac.uk\/nexus365\/skype-for-business<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How do I contact non-business accounts?<\/h2>\n

Skype for Business will now allow you to call and message both Skype for Business and Skype accounts, allowing you to add them to your contacts lists.<\/p>\n

To do this click on the ‘add a contact’ button (\"\"see right) and then through ‘Add a Contact Not in My Organisation’ click on ‘Skype’.<\/p>\n

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Once they have been added you will be able to call and message them in the normal way.<\/p>\n

What if I want to use my personal Skype account?<\/h2>\n

Personal accounts can be accessed through the web interface, https:\/\/web.skype.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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